Party Girl!

A friend of mine at work is very excited about her birthday, and as she is a little bit of a party animal, this card was made especially for her! I had to (!) treat myself to some of the new Strawberry Kisses stamps, and as Crafter's Companion had some offers on the range for their birthday week, it seemed the perfect time! I have used some papers from a pad called 'Dreamcatcher' for the background and flowers. I have coloured the image using Promarkers and have used a mask to 'Spray and Sparkle' the shoe (although you can't really see it in the photo). Spellbinders have been used to cut the image and layer it. I hope she likes it on Monday! As the Crafter's Companion challenge is also about flowers this month, I am also going to enter this in it...

Anniversary Men's Cards

 I had a tricky request for this card; a card for someone's husband on the occasion of their 4th wedding anniversary. It had to have male colours, be traditional and also have flowers... Well, I took the opportunity to use my new Persian Spellbinders Dies and had a play! I have also used Standard Circles and printed the text onto card using my computer (I never seem to have the sentiment I need!!) The flowers were done whilst also playing with a new Cricut Cartridge - Flower Shoppe. I LOVE this cartridge! There are so many combinations and it's so much fun! It's worth buying the machine just to use that cartridge and be able to make coordinating flowers! The papers on this card were embossed green coordinations card and some dotty card left over from my stash. I have also used some chocolate organza ribbon bought from Crafting.co.uk. I was not sure at first but this card is growing on me...

and another one...

This was the second option I did, same dies, same cartridge, but this time with some lace and shiny sparkly card. This was the card chosen and dare I say it: I rather like this one! As it happens weddings are the theme for Lisa Baker's monthly challenge for April, so I will enter these; you never know!

Bright and Magical

 This time I have gone a little bright with some Lavinia stamps for the new April challenge, Bright and Beautiful. A little away from my normal colours so took me a while to get used to it, but why not! I have used Jones Tones glitter for the wings and Adirondak colours for the scene. Although you can't really see it in the photo, I have also made my own backing papers using 2nd and third impressions of ink and a swirly stamp from Hunkydory. I am sure that my trip to Ali Pally this weekend will result in me purchasing a few more Lavinia stamps; I have a long list ready!

Beautiful Butterflies

This easel card was made using more Hunkydory papers and toppers. I have also used some flowers from my stash to complete the look and add a stopper for the easel. The colours are so feminine and I love the added button details!

More Hunkydory!

 Back to experimenting with 'kits' again; this card was made with the free kit from the first Hunkydory Compendium (I think?) and used for a 'thank you card'. Simple, but sweet.

Below and to the right; made from the same kit as above I think, but this time I have added some die-cut butterflies from my Spellbinders dies. Again simple and quick to make when that is what's needed!

The last 2 cards are made using some fab 'Flutterbye Garden' stamps from Hunkydory again, and based on some designs from the compendium (with a few changes). I really liked the etherial feel to the stamps and they seem to work well with lots of different colouring mediums (the bottom card was stamped using Flitterglue and silver glitter placed over it!).
Thanks for looking!

Fairy Spells!

Hello again! Apologies for the huge gap in my posting, the last months have been a little mad as we have had an extension built and all my craft stuff was stored away! I did not make anything for months so I feel a little rusty now, but am trying to get my 'flow' back! I have made a few cards lately for special people; this one was for my daughter's birthday. I have used some Lavina Stamps including the fabulous 'Spiral of Spells' and also dabbled with a few beads and charms. I will never get bored of fairies!

 

Golden Wedding Anniversary Cards

Once again a request; a card for a husband to celebrate 50 years together. Not to be traditional, funny and for a couple who love animals and are having 2 mice on the cake... This first card was made using the Cute Companions stamps, one from Summer Stories and one from the original range. The patterned paper is from the Summer Stories CD Rom. The swirls have been cut using Cricut Essentials and the flowers using a punch. The banners were stamped and cut out. The sentiment was printed on my printer and cut with Spellbinders...phew!! Oh, and I have coloured with Promarkers and Scattered Straw Distress inks!

This was option 2, the image is from the Humprey's Corner Crafters Companion's 'All Occasions' decoupage set. I have mounted using Spellbinders Ovals and Scalloped Ovals. The flourishes are from Spellbinders to, the new 'Jewel Fanatasies' dies. I have also used Persian Accents and Motifs dies from Spellbinders and some flowers from my stash to finish it off. In the end both cards were taken, and they were a pleasure to make for a lady who volunteers at the Hospice in the Weald, where my husband works (the lady in questions also regularly supplies us with yummy cakes!)

Wordbook for a 30th Birthday!

This was a request for a work colleague; guess what the occasion was! This is a wordbook made using my Cricut Storybook cartridge and the new Cricut Craftroom online tool. It took a while to get the layering right though! I have used Distress Ink to add depth and the papers are from the MCS Tinkering with Steampunk CD Rom. Each page also has quotes and details from the CD which were appropriate for the theme.

 The internal pages had blank sections for people around the office to put their comments in!

I had to make a box to finish it off, again I have used letters from the Cricut cartridge and layered with shapes from it as well. The cogs are from a Tim Holtz Sizzix Originals die.

A Little Boy's Card!

This card has been made using a 'Lili of the Valley' stamp which I love! I have been experimenting with colours, but not sure about the purple I have used. I could not seem to find the right combination within my Promarkers... The sentiment is from a Woodware pack of stamps and the webs, spider and stars have been cut using my Cricut (Happy Hauntings and Essentials cartridges). The edging has been done using the darker purple Distress Ink (I always forget names!). I hope it is liked, but I will improve for next time!!

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